It's Thursday, May 28th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day. The show shouting out

35 former federal judges who have sued the Trump administration over President Donald Trump's

$1.776 billion mega slush fund. That brings my count of lawsuits over the slush fund to four,

which, interestingly, is the number of brain cells one would need to have to believe that the slush fund is a good idea.

On today's show, Trump's endorsement street continues.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dominated Senator John Cornyn in Tuesday's Senate-Republican primary runoff,

and a Ball State University employee gets paid after she was fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk.

Turns out free speech does go both ways. But let's start with the war in Iran and Israel's role

in any potential peace deal. Because despite whatever Trump has said over the last few days,

his war in Iran does not look like it's ending soon. Granted, when we're getting pearls of wisdom

from Trump like this at Wednesday's cabinet meeting, I couldn't possibly see why anyone is worried.

Iran wants control of the straightover moves. Would you accept a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the strait and would they have to open it immediately or would you be open to that happening over a period of time? No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. And who would control this? It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it. But nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters. And Oman will behave just like everybody else who will have to blow them up. They understand that. They'll be fine.

What? But here's the thing. A major factor in what happens with Trump's war in Iran isn't

Trump. It's Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Despite a ceasefire, Israel has continued

to bomb targets in southern Lebanon, part of the country's war against Chesbola, an Iranian-backed

proxy militia that controls a swath of Lebanon. On Wednesday, Israel told residents of southern Lebanon to leave their homes as the Israeli

military moves into new areas of the country.

Again, during a ceasefire.

So what do Israel's goals mean for Trump's war in Iran?

And the future of the Middle East.

To find out, I spoke to Nahal Tusi.

She's a senior foreign affairs

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